Roman Jurjewitsch Lyubimow

Roman Lyubimov
Date of birth	January 6, 1992
place of birth	Tver , Russia
size	188 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 13
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 2016	HK CSKA Moscow
2016-2017	Philadelphia Flyers
2017-2018	HK CSKA Moscow
since 2018	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Roman Jurjewitsch Lyubimow ( Russian Роман Юрьевич Любимов ; English transcription: Roman Lyubimov ; born January 6, 1992 in Tver ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been playing the left winger at HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Continental Hockey League since August 2018 .

Career

Lyubimov learned to play ice hockey in the club of his hometown, the THK Tver . As a 16-year-old, the striker was a regular in the second team of HK CSKA Moscow , for which he played in the third-rate Perwaja Liga in the 2008/09 season. In a total of 67 missions he scored 16 goals and prepared another seven. The season 2009/10 Lyubimow then spent age-appropriate in the newly introduced Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja League at ZSKAs junior team Krasnaja Armija . The attacker also belonged to the following two seasons of the MHL junior team, which he led as team captain to win the title at the end of the 2010/11 season. At the same time, he started playing in the first team of the Army Club in the Continental Hockey League .

At the beginning of the 2012/13 game year Lyubimov was finally part of the KHL squad and ran in 31 games for the team. On loan, he also completed some assignments for his home club THK Tver in the second-rate Wysschaja Hockey League . It was similar in the following season, when he also completed two missions in the WHL. There he ran for HK Kuban Krasnodar . Nevertheless, he established himself as a regular player with 42 appearances for ZSKA. The left winger filled this position until the end of the 2015/16 season . His achievements - especially in the defensive area - ultimately led him to accept an offer for a year from the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League in mid-July 2016 and then moved to North America . After playing 47 games for the Flyers over the course of the season, he returned to CSKA in the summer of 2017.

After a year at CSKA, he moved to HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in August 2018 .

International

For his home country Lyubimov played in the junior division at the U18 Junior World Championship 2010 in Belarus . He finished fourth with the team. The striker made his debut for the Sbornaja during the 2015/16 season as part of the Euro Hockey Tour , where he was recommended for a place in the squad for the 2016 World Cup . There he contributed significantly to winning the bronze medal with four goals and just as many assists in ten missions.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Champion of the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja League with Krasnaja Armija Moscow
• 2012 MHL All-Star Game
• 2016 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2008/09	HK CSKA Moscow II	Pervaya League		53	12	7th	19th	20th		14th	4th	0	4th	8th
2009/10	CSKA Krasnaya Armia Moscow	MHL		39	14th	12	26th	90		4th	1	0	1	8th
2010/11	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		7th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Krasnaya Armia Moscow	MHL		49	21st	19th	40	90		16	8th	8th	16	10
2011/12	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		7th	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Krasnaya Armia Moscow	MHL		50	17th	27	44	64		17th	4th	2	6th	12
2012/13	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		31	0	0	0	4th		8th	0	0	0	14th
2012/13	THK Tver	WHL		14th	6th	3	9	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		42	2	4th	6th	6th		4th	0	0	0	0
2013/14	HK Kuban Krasnodar	WHL		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		46	6th	7th	13	20th		12	4th	2	6th	29
2015/16	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		52	7th	7th	14th	25th		15th	4th	4th	8th	8th
2016/17	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		47	4th	2	6th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		40	5	6th	11	26th		11	0	0	0	2
2018/19	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		62	13	8th	21st	20th		6th	0	2	2	2
2019/20	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL
MHL total				138	52	58	110	244		37	13	10	23	30th
Total Pervaya League				53	12	7th	19th	20th		14th	4th	0	4th	8th
WHL overall				16	6th	4th	10	14th		-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				287	33	33	66	101		56	8th	8th	16	55
NHL overall				47	4th	2	6th	8th		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Russia in:

• U18 Junior World Championship 2010
• World Championship 2016

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2010	Russia	U18 World Cup	4th Place		7th	0	1	1	6th
2016	Russia	WM			10	4th	4th	8th	0
Juniors overall					7th	0	1	1	6th
Men overall					10	4th	4th	8th	0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Roman Lyubimow at eliteprospects.com (English)